DEPARTMENT: Animal Care Services
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Heber Lefgren
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: City Wide
SUBJECT:
Spay and Neuter Services Contracts
SUMMARY:
This ordinance authorizes the execution of four community spay and neuter services contracts in an annual amount of up to $894,975 for 12,455 surgeries funded from the FY 2018 general fund budget for a three-year term with the option to renew two additional one-year terms as follows:
1. SNIPSA in an annual amount of up to $165,000 to perform 2,200 surgeries;
2. San Antonio Humane Society in an annual amount of up to $363,750 to perform 4,850 surgeries;
3. Pet Spots in an annual amount of up to $292,500 to perform 3,900 surgeries;
4. Animal Defense League of Texas in an annual amount of up to $73,725 to perform 1,305 surgeries on cats at a rate of $45 and 200 surgeries on dogs at a rate of $75
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
In FY 2011, the City of San Antonio supported 8,795 free or low cost spay/neuter surgeries. In Fiscal Year 2018, there will be over 60,000 low cost or free Spay/Neuter Surgeries performed in the City of San Antonio. Of the 60,000 surgeries, 41,000 surgeries will be supported by City Resources. The Community Spay and Neuter Services contract provides approximately 12,000 free spay and neuter surgeries annually.
On July 21st, the City released a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to solicit proposals from qualified organizations and/or licensed veterinarians to provide community spay-neuter surgeries in fiscal year 2018 through fiscal year 2021. Under this RFQ, the City requested multiple organizations to provide proposals to perform 12,455 spay-neuter surgeries annually at the organization's private facility.
The RFQ was advertised to the public in the San Antonio Express News, the City's Website, the City's e-Procurement portal, and TVSA (Time Warner Cable Channel 21) and outreach notices were sent to 107 animal care vendors and ACS partners notifying them of the RFQ and how to...
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